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Ebvu, Dévidi deru
Gụbe Chipfu; ndu etso mu
opfu bụkwa ngu
e-tsolata phẹ!
Ndu ọphu etso mu ọgu
bụkwapho gụbedua
e-je etsolata phẹ!
Gbalihu; chịta ngwọgu;
waa
iphe-mgbobuta-ọgu
ngu;
bya egude gbaaru mu
mkpu!
Palia arwa ngu;
gude kwachia ndu achị mu
lẹ njọ ụzo!
Sụnu mu l'ịi-dzọ mu-a!
Gẹ ndu achọ ụzo, ẹphe e-shi
gbua mu bụru ndu e
meru iphe-iphere.
G'a chiphukwa ndu achịru
mu ẹjo idzu azụ.
G'a tụ phẹ ẹberebete!
G'ẹphe dụ g'ẹswa ereshi,
phẹrephere zikashịru teke
ojozi-imigwe Chipfu
a-nọdu achị phẹ ọso.
G'ụzo phẹ gbakọtakwa
ọchii;
chikwaphọ kẹ
bụrukutuku
teke Ojozi-imigwe Chipfu
a-nọdu achị phẹ
ịkpabaka.
Eshinu ọ dụdu iphe, mu meru
phẹ; ẹphe je agbabẹru
mu ọ́nyà;
bya eworu nsụ bua gẹ mu
nwulahụ;
g'ọla-l'iswi tụkwaa phẹ
l'ụpfu.
G'ọ́nyà, ẹphe gbabẹru
l'onwophẹ nmatakwaa
phẹ.
G'ẹphe nwudakpọe ya phọ kẹ
wurukutukumu.
Ọo ya bụ gẹ mu etee ẹswa
l'ime Chipfu.
Ẹhu atsọahaa mu l'ọ dzọtaru
mu.
10 Mu e-gudekpọo obu mu g'ọ
ha sụ:
“?Bụ onye atụru gụbe Chipfu?
Ọo ngu adzọtaje ndu ụkpa
l'ẹka ndu ka phẹ
ọkpehu.
Mbụ l'ịinafutaje ndu ụkpa;
waa ndu adụdu g'ọ dụ
phẹ l'ẹka ndu ana phẹ
nfụ.”
11 Ndu ẹjo-ekebe wulihuru ebo
mu ibo.
Ẹphe chịkoo iphe, mu amadụ
kụbe sụ l'ọo mu bẹ o
shi l'ẹka.
12 Ẹphe gude ẹjo-ememe pfụa
mu ụgwo iphe-ọma.
Ọo ya bụ lẹ mu dụwaa g'onye
a tọgboru nwa maa.
13 Obenu lẹ teke iphe-ememe shi
zụu phẹ bẹ mu wotaru
uwe-aphụ yee;
bya ewoze onwomu alị aswị
ẹgu epfu anụ Chipfu;
ọle Chipfu ta anụmaduru
olu mu.
14 Mu nọdu aghaphe egbu
onwomu egbugbu
l'ẹkwa g'ọ bụ ọ̀nyà mu;
ọzoo nwune mu bẹ
iphe-ememe zụpyaberu.
Mu nọdukpoo dẹe ẹka l'agba
g'onye akwa ẹkwa ne iya,
nwụhuru nụ.
15 Obenu l'opfu dụru mbẹdua;
ẹphe gude ẹhu-ụtso
dzukọbe.
Ẹphe swiphee mu
mgburugburu tsua
mu iphe teke mu
akwabẹduru ẹnya;
bya egude njọ-opfu
alabushi anụ mu nanụ
nanụ.
16 Ndu gudewaa echi ndu ọzo
eswe merwushia
onwophẹ l'iphu Chipfu;
nọdu atagbaru mu ikireze
kẹ nyịkinyiki.
17 Gụbe Chipfu; ?bụ teke ole bẹ
ii-jipyaberu onwongu
elekpọepho anyi ẹnya?
Dzọnaa mu; a -nọnya ẹphe
mee mu; mu bụru
ọla-l'iswi!
Dzọtaro mkpakọ iphe ono,
mu nweru ono, bụ ndzụ
mu g'oduma ta
adzụgbu iya!
18 Ọ bụru l'ẹka ọha l'ophu
dzukọberu bẹ mu
a-nọdu kele ngu ekele;
mbụ lẹ mu a-nọdu l'iphu
ikpoto nemadzụ jaa
ngu ajaja.
19 B'ekwekwa gẹ ndu ọhogu mu
teru ẹswa kpua mu;
mbụ ndu kpọru mu ashị;
ẹbe adụ iphe, mu
meru phẹ.
Ọphu i kwekwa gẹ ndu ono,
mu dụ ashị ono bvua mu
ẹnya ria.
20 Kẹle ẹphe te epfujedu opfu
nchị-adụ-doo;
obenu l'iphe, abụjeru ozi,
dụru phẹ nụ bụ achị idzu
g'ẹphe e-shi ghọoru ndu dụ
àgù lẹ mkpụkpu ụgho.
21 Ẹphe sarụ ọnu galaba wata
mu ebo ibo sụ:
“Ee! Anyi gudekpọo ẹnya
anyi hụma iphe,
i meru!”
22 Ọle gụbe Chipfu hụmanuru-a
iphemiphe ono.
Jiko ba agbakwa mu nkụchi
ọphu ị nọdukwa
mu ụzenya!
23 Tehu etehu; kwolihurọ bya
ahaaru mu enge!
Gbaaru mu ọdzori;
jiko Nnajịuphu mu,
bụ Chileke mu!
24 Gude apfụbekoto nkengu
haarụ mu rọ enge; jiko
Chipfu, bụ Chileke mu!
Te kwekwa g'ẹphe teru ẹswa
kpua mu!
25 Te kwekwa g'ẹphe rịa l'obu
phẹ sụ:
“Nta bẹ anyi chọ-vuwaru iphe,
anyi achọ!”
Ọzoo g'ẹphe sụ: “Nta-a bẹ
anyi patawaru
iya lwee!”
26 G'iphe, bụkpoo ndu ete ẹswa
ekpu ẹjo-iphe, byaru
mu nụ bụkwaru ndu ee-meru
iphere kpua bya atụ
phẹ ẹberebete.
G'e gudekwa iphere dejia phẹ
ẹpho; mbụ ndu ono,
etu onwophẹ
ọphushugbu eje abyapfuta
mu ono!
27 Gẹ ndu ele ẹnya g'a haarụ
mu enge gụa ebvu ẹhu-ụtso
tee ẹswa!
G'iphe, ẹphe a-kpụjeru l'ọnu
bụekwarupho: “G'a tụa
ọnu Chipfu l'ọ parụ ẹka;
mbụ onye ọoduje ree mẹ
onye-ozi iya nọdu buru
l'ẹhu-guu.”
28 Ọo ya bụ; mu egude ọnu
mu pfua
k'apfụbekoto nkengu.
Ọ bụkwarupho gẹ mu
a-nọdu etu ngu ẹpha
mbọku-mbọku
bụ onoya.